vyos_system - Run set system commands on VyOS devices

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Runs one or more commands on remote devices running VyOS. This module can also be introspected to validate key parameters before returning successfully.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
domain_name
 no
The new domain name to apply to the device.
domain_search
 no
A list of domain names to search. Mutually exclusive with name_server
hostname
 no
Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value.
name_server
 no
A list of name servers to use with the device. Mutually exclusive with domain_search
provider
 no
A dict object containing connection details.
Dictionary object provider
parameter required default choices comments
username
 no
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
 yes
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
 no
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
 no 10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password
 no
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
 no 22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Whether to apply (present) or remove (absent) the settings.

Examples

- name: configure hostname and domain-name
  vyos_system:
    hostname: vyos01
    domain_name: test.example.com

- name: remove all configuration
  vyos_system:
    state: absent

- name: configure name servers
  vyos_system:
    name_server:
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4

- name: configure domain search suffixes
  vyos_system:
    domain_search:
      - sub1.example.com
      - sub2.example.com

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
commands
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
 always list ['set system hostname vyos01', 'set system domain-name foo.example.com']

Notes

Note

  • Tested against VYOS 1.1.7

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance Info

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